Jah Forename
55,648th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 11,537 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Sierra Leone
Highest density in:
Gambia
Jah Forename Definition:
Jah. One of the names of God, found in the composition of many Hebrew words. It signifies my Lord, praise the Lord, the Lord is my king, the everlasting God. Psalm lxviii. 4.
Jah Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | - | 4,372 | 1:1,621 | 330 |
| Malaysia | 93% | 1,667 | 1:18,266 | 1,868 |
| Gambia | - | 1,230 | 1:1,566 | 270 |
| Ghana | - | 955 | 1:28,258 | 1,855 |
| Liberia | 94% | 744 | 1:5,930 | 671 |
| India | 73% | 441 | 1:2,754,825 | 129,173 |
| United States | 76% | 390 | 1:929,582 | 19,959 |
| Nigeria | 84% | 295 | 1:601,913 | 17,820 |
| Pakistan | 74% | 246 | 1:790,072 | 15,222 |
| Cameroon | 64% | 149 | 1:145,037 | 6,774 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 132 | 1:1,954,270 | 101,041 |
| England | 100% | 102 | 1:545,127 | 11,242 |
| Afghanistan | 81% | 98 | 1:332,893 | 6,765 |
| Philippines | 83% | 58 | 1:1,827,750 | 41,703 |
| Iran | 78% | 46 | 1:1,706,454 | 11,344 |
| Russia | 89% | 39 | 1:3,698,300 | 20,046 |
| Thailand | 78% | 38 | 1:1,843,837 | 53,473 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Netherlands | 63% | 32 | 1:528,190 | 12,575 |
| Albania | 100% | 29 | 1:105,054 | 7,159 |
| Kosovo | - | 26 | 1:71,594 | 4,589 |
| New Zealand | - | 26 | 1:174,463 | 5,979 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 25 | 1:3,902,405 | 10,287 |
| Germany | 92% | 22 | 1:4,394,449 | 18,771 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| France | - | 20 | 1:3,323,517 | 16,030 |
| Ivory Coast | 86% | 16 | 1:1,442,246 | 37,722 |
| Canada | - | 15 | 1:2,208,891 | 31,635 |
| Australia | - | 13 | 1:1,050,586 | 12,238 |
| Brazil | - | 13 | 1:16,479,704 | 171,823 |
| Nepal | 100% | 12 | 1:2,373,946 | 34,978 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Mauritania | 75% | 11 | 1:372,294 | 8,621 |
| Uganda | 100% | 11 | 1:3,723,356 | 37,848 |
| Bahamas | - | 9 | 1:44,374 | 1,233 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 8 | 1:893,999 | 27,106 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 7 | 1:2,625,638 | 48,146 |
| Kenya | - | 7 | 1:6,615,301 | 31,578 |
| Mexico | 50% | 7 | 1:17,734,918 | 43,346 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 7 | 1:7,541,188 | 37,665 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 6 | 1:2,957,808 | 19,121 |
| South Africa | 100% | 6 | 1:9,088,775 | 152,087 |
| Qatar | - | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Bangladesh | 50% | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| China | - | 4 | 1:341,513,946 | 78,144 |
| Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Italy | 89% | 4 | 1:15,265,522 | 38,916 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75% | 4 | 1:2,038,078 | 115,092 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 4 | 1:3,855,954 | 74,439 |
| Argentina | - | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Colombia | - | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Jamaica | - | 3 | 1:961,076 | 14,069 |
| Singapore | - | 3 | 1:2,095,685 | 22,815 |
| Sweden | 100% | 3 | 1:3,285,969 | 41,581 |
| Switzerland | 75% | 3 | 1:2,737,832 | 21,065 |
| Venezuela | 75% | 3 | 1:10,067,298 | 111,314 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Chile | - | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Finland | - | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Scotland | - | 2 | 1:2,675,183 | 18,328 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Belgium | - | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Czechia | 58% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Israel | 100% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Poland | 93% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Lucia | - | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Wales | - | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Jáh (2) are calculated separately.
Jah (25,414) may also be a surname.
Jah Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Jah. One of the names of God, found in the composition of many Hebrew words. It signifies my Lord, praise the Lord, the Lord is my king, the everlasting God. Psalm lxviii. 4.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: a contraction of Jehovah, used in the sense of Victor.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Jah Forename Popularity
Jah Demographics
Average Jah Salary in
United States
$43,711 USD
Per year
Rank:
199,099 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
7.31742E-5
Rank: 26,190 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
100.42%
Sample size: 138 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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